Guides & guidelinesA studio visit in Berlin
Many who commission a piece choose to meet him where it will be drawn, in Berlin, at Gabriel's studio. It is the closest thing to watching your word come into being. For those who travel to us, we arrange the whole of it: the flight, the rooms, the cars, the hours around your meeting. You arrive at your local airport; everything else is already taken care of.
Wherever you are flying from, an overnight flight can land you in Berlin by morning, with the day still ahead of you. Three unhurried nights are enough: one day for the work, the others for the city. Tell us how you like to travel, and we shape the visit around it.
Where you stay
A few addresses we hold for you, each chosen with care.
Hotel Adlon Kempinski
Pariser Platz · beside the Brandenburg Gate. The grande dame of Berlin, looking onto the Brandenburg Gate. We hold a room or a suite for you, with everything arranged before you arrive.
Hotel de Rome
Bebelplatz · in the historic centre A former bank turned Rocco Forte hotel on Bebelplatz, with a rooftop over the opera house and the cathedral. Quiet, central, and close to everything we have planned.
Setting: BebelPlatz, Mitte. Stars: five-star ★★★★★Rooms: 108 rooms and suites. Table: La Banca, Italian, with a rooftop terraceWebsite: hotelder.com
Château Royal
Neustädtische Kirchstrasse · steps from Unter den LindenA boutique hotel set inside two restored nineteenth-century houses, hung with more than a hundred contemporary artworks. A short walk from the Brandenburg Gate, and the closest in spirit to Gabriel’s own world.
Setting: Mitte, near Unter den Linden.
Stars: five-star ★★★★★
Rooms: 93 rooms and suites.
Table: Restaurant Château Royal, Mediterranean
Website: chateauroyalberlin.com
Setting: Oranienplatz, Kreuzberg
Stars: five-star ★★★★★
Rooms: 41 rooms and suites
Table: Orania.Restaurant, one Michelin star
Website: orania.berlinOrania.Berlin
Oranienplatz · in the heart of KreuzbergA privately run grand hotel in a listed 1912 building on Oranienplatz, with live music most evenings in its living room. A warmer, more bohemian base on the other side of the city.
What you'll see in Berlin
A quiet cultural hour or two, arranged around your session.
The Boros Collection
friedrichstrasse · mitte Contemporary art, by appointment. One of the world's most remarkable private collections of contemporary art, held inside a converted WWII bunker in Mitte. Seen only by appointment, which we arrange for you.
Neue Nationalgalerie
kulturforum · museumsinsel Modern art museum. Mies van der Rohe's glass temple to twentieth-century art at the Kulturforum: a calm, luminous hour among the modern masters.
Gemäldegalerie
Neustädtische Kirchstrasse · steps from Unter den LindenOld master paintings. Berlin's collection of old master paintings at the Kulturforum, from Dürer and Holbein to Rembrandt and Vermeer. A quiet hour with the masters, beside the Neue Nationalgalerie.
Berliner Philharmoniker
kulturforum · museumsinselConcert hall, evening performance. An evening with one of the world's great orchestras in Hans Scharoun's golden hall at the Kulturforum. We hold seats when the programme suits your stay.Old master paintings. Berlin's collection of old master paintings at the Kulturforum, from Dürer and Holbein to Rembrandt and Vermeer. A quiet hour with the masters, beside the Neue Nationalgalerie.
We take care of all logisticsYou arrive at your local airport. The rest is already done.
Flights — booked and managed in the cabin you choose, both directions.
Stay — rooms held at the Adlon, de Rome, Château Royal, Orania or an address chosen for you.
Transfers — every car, train and timing arranged, with nothing for you to coordinate.
Your meeting with Gabriel — scheduled with room to breathe, so the work is never rushed.
The city — appointments and tables held, from the Boros Collection to dinner.